204. The essence of networking business (2)
“Oh my God…you mean Michael Dell, the president of Dell Computers?”
“haha. I don’t know any other Michael Dell other than him.”
Lisa Su was a big fan of Michael Dell.
Hoyoung already knew Lisa Sue from an interview in a magazine in the future, so Lisa Sue’s reaction did not feel new to him.
“You’re the person I’ve been wanting to see for so long, but I never thought I’d be able to meet you in Korea.”
“Does your expression look better than when you showed me the ultra-small CPU?”
“Ah, that’s…”
Hoyoung decided not to bother Lisa Su, who was unable to speak.
“Keuk. It was a joke. Then let’s wait for a while.”
“yes.”
About 20 minutes later, while we were seriously discussing the direction of AMD, I got a call that Dell had arrived, and after a while, the elevator connected to Hoyoung’s office rang again.
“Dell! How have you been?”
“Hoyoung! nice to meet you I will forget this face. Has it been almost six months?”
“I guess it happened because I was busy.”
“Puhaha. Isn’t it good for business people to be busy? Fortunately I am healthy. Hoyoung… Does your complexion look good too?”
Hoyoung laughed.
It was because Dell seemed to have noticed that I’d been comfortable doing nothing lately.
“Oh, how did you know? Recently I stepped away from the front line. It’s because I can’t run on my own two feet forever.”
“That is the right direction. If the CEO is too active, the company atmosphere is not good.”
“ah! Is that why there are rumors that Dell computers are in a bad mood lately?”
“Hoyoung!”
Michael Dell’s exaggerated reaction made Hoyoung laugh while holding his stomach.
“Oops, that’s a joke. Joke. It’s good to see you looking healthy.”
Hoyeong smiled at Del.
It’s been years since I’ve known Dell.
The two did not have a deep personal relationship, but was it because they saw each other’s company grow up close?
Now, somehow, I felt like a friend who had been together for a long time.
“ruler. come this way Did I mention I have someone to introduce you to? This is Lisa Su from AMD.”
When Hoyeong introduced Lisa Su, she turned around and her body stiffened like a fan meeting a celebrity.
When Lisa Su missed the timing to speak first, Del gave a friendly handshake.
“Nice to meet you. AMD is a company I’ve always been keeping a close eye on, and this is how I met them. Take good care of me. This is Michael Dell.”
“ah. yes! I’m Lisa Sue. Take good care of me.”
Seeing the two greet each other awkwardly, Hoyeong laughed inwardly.
In fact, there was no need to bring the two of them together now.
Even if a new product is developed using AMD’s CPU, it can be done by working-level workers, or else Hermes or H&H should have coordinated it in the middle.
However, there was only one reason why Hoyeong made them meet.
‘I want to see a future that changes positively when geniuses meet.’
It was Hoyoung who had already created a more advanced and better PlayStation by letting John Carmack and Shigeru meet.
According to the original history, it was the result of the meeting of two geniuses who would never meet.
‘The future of Dell computers and AMD are similar in some ways. It’s a company heading towards decline starting in 2000.’
AMD succeeds in making a comeback by successfully creating a next-generation CPU called ‘Ryzen’ with the performance of Lisa Su, who officially becomes CEO after 2015, but the time until then was too long, and Dell computers will eventually lose power completely. get lost
‘But from now on, if we work together and solidly lay the groundwork, we will be able to endure the stagnation.’
And above all, Hoyoung, who has a huge stake in the two companies, will benefit the most from the fact that the two companies do not go through a recession.
“Come over here, both of you. Let’s sit back and have a chat.”
Hoyoung sincerely led the two of them to the sofa with a joyful heart.
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The three of them were, as expected, good conversationalists.
The three of us met at around 3pm, and we talked for three hours non-stop until it was 6pm.
However, today’s story was a story that could be summarized in a few short sentences.
“Looks like I need to sort things out now. I made a restaurant reservation for 6:30, but now I have to leave soon.”
“Oh, is that so? I didn’t even know the time was passing. So, to summarize today’s conversation…”
“If we make a CPU with the same performance as Intel, did you promise to use our CPU first?”
Lisa Sue, who was confused at first seeing Del, was gone and returned to her usual self-confidence.
“yes. Then, when the ultra-small CPU that AMD is currently developing is completed, will our Dell computers be the first to release it for laptops?”
“Absolutely.”
Fortunately, the two seemed to get what they wanted from each other.
“ruler. When you’re done, shall we go to dinner? Since you came all the way to Korea, I will serve you as a proper Korean restaurant.”
“A limited meal? what is that?”
Lisa Su’s expression was completely new to her, but Dell, who had been to Korea several times, said in a playful tone, as if he already knew.
“Five! Limited food, that’s good. lisa. Don’t be surprised. To put it simply, it is a Korean-style course meal, and there are as many as 50 dishes.”
“Fifty? Are you eating all of it?”
“sure. You can look forward to it.”
It definitely wasn’t the kind of course Lisa Su thought, but it wasn’t wrong, so Hoyeong just smiled.
Soon, they teamed up and left the company.
Hoyoung could not have predicted what kind of influence today’s meeting would have on the IT world in the future.
Today’s meeting did not just end with three people and three companies joining forces.
This is because it is the starting point for many IT companies directly or indirectly connected to Hoyoung to unite around Hoyoung to form a huge business alliance.
Later people later saw their union and called it ‘the crystallization of networking business’.
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ten days later
Hoyoung got off the plane returning from Japan.
“President. Here it is!”
When I arrived at the arrivals hall of Gimpo Airport, Miru was waving.
Mi-ru had something that Ho-young ordered him to do, so Kim Jeong-gi went to Japan with Ho-young.
“You came. thanks.”
“Of course I have to come. Did you finish what you wanted to do?”
“haha. sure. It was harder than I thought because Lisa Su and Shigeru got along well.”
“Are you in trouble?”
“Who knew Lisa Su could drink so well. In Korea, they didn’t even put a glass of wine in their mouths.”
Miru laughed.
It was because it was the first time I had heard Hoyeong say that she was having a hard time because of alcohol.
Lisa Su was a great (?) person in many ways.
“Anyway, I’m really glad you had a good trip. With this, the chipset that will go into the PSP is AMD.”
“yes. Not only that, but we will gradually increase the proportion of AMD CPUs in Dell computers in the future, so AMD only has to grow.”
“I guess so. I think I should invest a little bit in AMD.”
“ha ha ha. That’s nice. Then I will have to work harder.”
“Yes. I’m going to buy some stock, so the chairman should work harder than now.”
At Miru’s smirk, Hoyeong and Miru laughed as they left the airport.
Kim Jong-ki stood up silently with a slight smile on his lips as if he was familiar with this situation.
“Then shall we go to work soon?”
“The car is already waiting. By the way, how about taking a break today? You must be tired.”
“haha. It seems like the only thing I did when I went to Japan was to eat and play. And on the way to work, would you like to hear how the work I asked you to do is going?”
“Aha, I see.”
Miru nodded.
He was still thinking about when to report to Hoyeong, but when Hoyoung told him like this, it seemed more comfortable.
After a while.
Hoyoung and Miru sat side by side in the back seat of his car.
Deputy Kim Jeong-gi naturally took over the driving.
“Chief. How was your meeting with the Secretary of the Treasury?”
“First of all, if you ask me about my impressions, it actually wasn’t bad. He seemed like a well-spoken and common-sense person.”
“okay?”
What Ho-yeong instructed Mi-ru to do was to visit some people from the government and politics.
Among them, the person you must meet especially is the Minister of Finance.
It was Hoyeong’s order to Minoo to ask him a few questions and get answers.
“By the way···. I had some doubts.”
“okay? what is that?”
“Actually, if I hadn’t listened to the president’s words beforehand, I would never have known, but…”
Miru paused for a moment before continuing.
“I thought that the current government’s financial policies are overdoing policies that are a little showy.”
Miru said with a slightly serious face.
On the other hand, Hoyoung’s expression was ‘Sure it is’.
To put it bluntly, President Kim Il-sam was a brilliant politician, but he was an outsider when it came to the economy.
“Have you checked whether foreign currency loans are available?”
“of course.”
“How was it?”
“That too was exactly what the President said. If you really wanted to, you could borrow almost unlimited amounts of foreign currency held by the state.”
“Hmm…”
Hoyoung let out a sigh.
H&H and Hermes were, in fact, companies that never had to think about borrowing foreign currency.
Strictly speaking, Gaia Investment, which is the parent company of the two, was a US corporation, so all the money coming out of it could be considered foreign exchange.
“And right now, the debt of large corporations is growing at an alarming rate. Quite a few companies have a ratio of debt to total assets that easily exceeds 100%, and some companies even exceed 1000%.”
Miru started talking lightly, but her face was gradually becoming serious.
“In fact, the more I met with dignitaries, the more anxious I became. If we go on like this, it really is like the president said…”
Procrastination blurted out.
It was an incident that was difficult to bring out easily.
However, Hoyoung smiled.
Rather, I felt proud that Miru had met so many people and gathered information.
“A national bankruptcy might happen?”
“…yes.”
Miru barely answered.
Until now, nothing Hoyeong had said had not come true.
That could have made Miru more anxious.
“It was hard. It was only 10 days, but you really got to know me in detail.”
“All we had to do was make an appointment and have a conversation.”
Hoyoung grinned.
“Don’t look so gloomy. Do you know why I told the manager to gather information?”
“Isn’t it to grasp the current situation and properly defend our companies in case of emergency?”
Hoyoung shook his head.
“then···?”
“From now on, I will try to stop it. You need to know what your current situation is so you can make a plan. Fortunately. It’s not the worst situation right now.”
“under···. haha···.”
Miru couldn’t help but shed a devastated laugh at Hoyoung, who seemed genuinely happy.
